When libraries and library people are
depicted on a postage stamp, it is usually in recognition of something that has
little to do with the role of libraries or library people in our society. Nonetheless, several individuals who have
played a role in the development of America's libraries have appeared on postage
stamps.

Andrew
Carnegie was often referred to as the ‘Patron Saint of Libraries’. He donated
$56,162,622 for the construction of 2509 library buildings throughout the
English-speaking parts of the world.
More:Andrew Carnegie

Benjamin
Franklin helped found the Library Company of Philadelphia,
America's first lending library,in 1731. For a brief period (Dec.
1733-Mar. 1734) Franklin actually served as the librarian for the Library
Company. More: Benjamin Franklin

John Harvard Was a Massachusetts clergyman
who bequeathed his library of 400 volumes and approximately
780 pounds sterling to the the New College (founded 1636) in Cambridge which
was later renamed Harvard College.

Thomas
Jefferson was the third President of the United States, 1801-09. He cataloged
and classified material for the University of Virginia Library as well as his
own private library, later the nucleus of the Library of Congress. More:
Thomas Jefferson